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wardmotes

wardmotes is the plural of wardmote.

Meaning of wardmote

Noun

wardmote (plural wardmotes)

  1. (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward, especially in the City of London.
    • Association was built into the structure of communal government in the City's wardmotes and precinct meetings and in the open vestries of many suburban parishes.2012, Jerry White, London in the Eighteenth Century, Bodley Head, published 2017, page 121
  2. (historical) A court formerly held in each ward of London, England for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.

Questions about wardmotes

What is wardmotes the plural of?
Wardmotes is the plural of wardmote.

Words near wardmotes in the dictionary

  1. wardmate
  2. wardmates
  3. wardmen
  4. wardmoot
  5. wardmote
  6. wardmotes
  7. wardog
  8. wardom
  9. wardoms
  10. Wardon
  11. Wardons

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